This video has been floating around for a few days. It is worth watching. More 1916 than RMA. This is fighting outside of Bakhmut on the route into the town. There are pictures of people being shot in this video.
A few observations:
- 0:44: One Ukranian soldier has been killed “Norman.”
- 1:08: Grenade attack?
- 1:30: first JRR Tolkien reference.
- 1:37: second JRR Tolkien reference.
- 1:56: grenade being thrown.
- 2:30: three clear targets
- 2:40: clip change
- 2:50: shooting continues
- 3:34: Another Tolkien reference.
- 3:38: Other people deployed
- I see that three Russians have been killed so far. Looks like all were done by one man, “Tikhey”
- 5:35: instructions to preserve ammo.
- 5:38: wounded Russian
- 6:24: Another clip change
- 6:31: incoming mortar fire
- 7:14: Two more Russians engaged.
- 7:44: It is claimed Russian is killed.
- 9:02: Close in mortar hit
- 10:10: One person is reported wounded.
- 10:26: “Normans” magazines have been used.
These are the Da Vinci Wolves: Da Vinci Wolves | MilitaryLand.net. The “Right Sector” is a far-right Ukrainian nationalist organization (see: Right Sector – Wikipedia). They currently hold no seats in the Ukrainian parlament (the Rada).
Other similar videos:
Ukrainian soldiers take Russian trench in terrifying POV footage from Bakhmut – YouTube
First video as annotated by The Telegraph: Ukrainian soldiers fight off Russians in battle for Bakhmut – ‘Orcs jumped into our trenches’ – YouTube